Naveen Shodh Sansar (An International Refereed Research Journal) ISSN 2320-8767 July to September 2014 193

The Study Of Mental Health Among Secondary School

Students Belonging To Joint And Single Families

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Deepak Pancholi

Abstract - Present study was undertaken to examine the mental health among Children of Joint and single families.
For that purpose 120 students of class X were selected from stratified random sampling. Dr. Kamlesh Sharma’s
mental health scale was used for measuring mental health. Results indicated that magnitude of mental health was
significantly higher of the male students than female students where as students of joint family were significantly
better in terms of their level of mental health. However, no significant difference on mental health between male and
female students but significant difference shows on mental health between students belonging to joint and single
families.

Introduction - A man who is mentally healthy accepts the 1. Only 10th standard passed out students were included
reality of his environment and adopts himself accordingly in the study.
with it. Psychologists look at mental health in the form of 2. The area of study have confined to the Udaipur district.
ability of good adjustment. Persons with good mental health 3. The age group of the sample was restricted to 15-18
are free from negative emotions such as fear, anxiety and years.
anger. Family constitutes the first world of the child, not Method - Normative Survey method has been used in
only does it make the first physical and mental contribution the present study.
to his life but by continuous, intimate, numerous and varied Research tool - Dr. Kamlesh Sharma’s mental health scale
associations it becomes major source of education. It was used.
satisfies most of the need of the child and provides emotional Sample - A Sample of 120 students who passed out 10th
experiences, which stimulate or retard the mental health of std. was selected by using stratified random sampling
children family is a prominent. It is one of the most significant procedure from different secondary schools of Udaipur
group, which are the first influencing the individual and in district.
shaping his attitudes and behaviour pattern. There is a Statistical techniques - The collected data was
positive relationship between student’s mental health and systematically classified and tabulated and tabulated was
family pattern. Several research studies attributed a strong subjected to analysis. Statistical techniques used such as
association between family environment and mental health. mean, S.D. and ‘t’ test.
Objectives - Analysis of the data -
1. To study the mental health of male and female students S. Variable Group N Mean S.D. ‘t’ value Signi-
of joint family. No. ficance
2. To study the mental health of male and female students 1. Gender Male 60 67 11.50 0.755* No
of Single family. Female 60 64 09.88 signi -
ficant*
3. To make a comparative study of mental health among
2. Family Joint 60 72.74 04.88 3.59** Signi -
male and female students belonging to Joint and single Single 60 58 11.01 ficant**
family. P Value=0.05=1.98>0.755*
Hypothesis - 0.01=2.62<3.59**
1. There is no significant difference between mental health Analysis and interpretation: In above table the mean scores
of male and female students. of male students shows greater mean difference (M=67) then
2. There is no significant difference between mental health the female students (M=64). The ‘t’value was found no
of male and female students belonging significant C.R. = 0.755<.05 level. Thus the first hypothesis
To joint and single family. “There is no significant difference between mental health of
Delimitation - The present study has been delimited to the male and female students” is accepted.
following conditions - The mean scores of students of joint family shows greater
mean difference (M=72.74) then the students of single family
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Research Scholar, P.G. Department of Education, Pacific Academy of Higher Education
and research University, Udaipur (Raj.) INDIA